WonderCon 2009 Costumes – Part 1

byGreat White Snark

The underlying theme of costumes at this year’s WonderCon 2009 seemed to be, “In spite of the recession, cosplay geeks are still eating well.” You’ll see what I mean.

Also, in spite of the protests of my heart, mind, soul, and remaining kidney, I couldn’t entirely avoid taking a couple of pictures of anime cosplayers. Of course, I don’t know why I bothered. It’s all Naruto to me.

Looking good. The Baroness knows that tight, black spandex is never the wrong answer. (Except when it is. Which is usually at a comic book convention.)

Battlestar Galactica’s “Number Six,” the married years. Still a looker, but “svelteness” is the first thing to go, you know?

This Robin costume says “stripper” to me. But so does any flash of cleavage I see on any given day, so I might be biased. And sexist.

Uh.. its not really related to the movie at all, otherwise you’d see them dressed up as the movie characters. G.I. Joe has had a resurgence because of the 25th anniversary of the property and the toys that were tied into it. People have been dressing up as Joe characters for years anyway.

Apparently you are not an avid fan of English comics. The Red Helm you referred to as a Cobra Laser Trooper is NOT. It is the English comic called Action Force and the Red Shadows are the villains in it. The helm is from a character called Red Laser who was a minion.

One thing we know is that guy was thrilled to death with finding out we made them. So in the end that is all that matters.